Australian novelist Yang Hengjun has been awaiting the verdict on his case in China for more than two years after being accused of spying. Now he fears he may die in detention
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Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles staked their credibility on defeating dissent over AUKUS. It was not much of a gamble.
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Do you remember this?
If you do, congrats. People have short memories. But, yep, once upon a time, George W. Bush was the butt of everybody’s jokes. For very good reasons too, as you can see.
As a matter of fact, that wasn’t an exclusively American thing. Down Under Dabya was cause of much hilarity.
This clip, however, never made it to a top-10 list of Bushisms:
I’m writing an open access textbook on homelessness and have just released Chapter 6, which focuses on homelessness experienced by Indigenous peoples—especially in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. A ‘top 10’ overview of the chapter can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/homelessness-among-indigenous-peoples/
Characters from the best selling children’s book “The Super Competitive Parent Who Has To Be Best At Everything” are once again the most popular choice of costume for Book Week. “We’re expecting to see heaps of students turning up dressed... Read More ›
Tensions are once again growing within the Victorian Greens over the issue of trans rights and transphobia.
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The cost of groceries, rents and home loans is still climbing—but Anthony Albanese and Labor do nothing while the Commonwealth Bank made a record $10.2 billion profit in the last year.
The post Albanese lets profits rip but won’t act on housing or cost of living first appeared on Solidarity Online.
"I miss the sun. In my cell, sunlight shines through the window but I can stand in it for only 10 hours a year. ... Most of all, I miss my children."